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Vol  X 


No.  2 


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Ohio  University 
Bulletin 


INSTITUTE  NUMBER 


The  Battle  of  Lake  Erie 


Something  to  Read  to  Your  Pupils 


ATHENS,  OHIO,  JULY , 1913 

Published  by  the  University  and  Issued  Quarterly 


Entered  at  the  ‘Postoffice  at  Athens , Ohio,  as  Second-Class  Matter 


TRAINED  TEACHERS 
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hundreds  of  others. 

It  Trains  Teachers  for 

THE  GRADES 
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DOMESTIC  SCIENCE 
MANUAL  TRAINING 
KINDERGARTEN 
AGRICULTURE 

Why  not  prepare  for  some  of  this 
work  in  the  Historic  College  of  the  “old 
Northwest?” 

Its  COLLEGE  of  LIBERAL  ARTS 

is  the  oldest  in  Ohio. 

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THE  BATTLE  OF  LAKE  ERIE 


When  you  go  to  the  Capitol,  in  Columbus, 
you  cannot  fail  to  see  the  very  large  and  hand- 
some painting  hanging  on  the  wall  in  the  ro- 
tunda . It  is  a picture  showing  a scene  at  the 
Battle  of  Lake  Erie,  which  occurred  just  one 
hundred  years  ago.  It  shows  a brave  act  of  a 
very  brave  man.  If  he  had  not  performed  this 
heroic  part,  the  battle  would  have  resulted 
differently. 

The  man  you  see  standing  in  the  boat  is 
Commodore  Oliver  H.  Perry,  the  hero  of  the 
Battle  of  Lake  Erie.  It  is  of  him  and  this 
famous  battle,  we  wish  to  speak. 

One  hundred  years  ago,  our  country  and 
England  were  engaged  in  war.  There  had 
been  much  jealousy,  hard  feeling  and  misun- 
derstanding between  these  two  nations  for 
many  years.  It  seemed  there  was  no  way  to 
get  peace  without  fighting  for  it.  It  would 
give  them  both  a chance  to  cool  their  angry 
blood.  So  the  war  came  on. 

There  was  nothing  that  might  not  have  been 
settled  without  blood-shed  if  both  countries  had 
been  as  sensible  before  the  war  as  afterward. 
But  they  were  not,  and  many  battles  were 
fought  and  much  blood  spilled.  The  Battle  of 
Lake  Erie  was  one  of  the  bloodiest  and  most 
important  of  these  conflicts. 

The  possession  of  the  Great  Lakes  was  of 
utmost  importance  to  both  countries.  Ever 
since  the  Revolution  the  English  had  kept 


High-School  Teachers. 

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never  been  so  great.  Trained  Teachers  for  the 
High-School  are  as  desirable  as  in  the  Grades. 
A High-School  Teacher  who  makes  his  pre- 
paration in  connection  with  a Normal  College 
has  many  advantages  over  those  less  fortun- 
ate. The  close  articulation  of  the  work  done 
at  the  Ohio  University  between  the  College  of 
Liberal  Arts  and  the  Normal  College  makes  it 
an  ideal  condition  for  the  preparation  of  High 
School  Teachers. 

Drawing  and  Music  Teachers. 

The  work  of  the  Special  Teacher  is  always 
pleasant.  The  compensation  is  good  and  there 
is  more  liberty  permitted.  Any  one  having 
talent  in  the  direction  of  these  subjects  would 
do  well  to  prepare  for  work  along  these  lines. 
The  Normal  College  of  the  Ohio  University  is 
amply  equipped  to  help  you. 

|T  Commercial  Teachers. 

The  demand  for  Teachers  in  Commercial 
Branches  has  been  increasing  for  several  years 
and  there  is  little  danger  of  an  over-supply. 
The  School  of  Commerce  of  the  Ohio  Univer- 
sity is  not  built  along  the  lines  of  the  sporadic, 
so-called  Business  Colleges.  The  teaching  is 
done  along  approved  pedagogical  lines,  and  the 
presence  of  the  Normal  College  makes  it 
doubly  efficient  for  the  training  of  teachers  for 
these  studies.  We  could  not  supply  enough 
teachers  this  year. 

Summer  Term. 

The  Summer  term  for  1913  was  the  largest 
in  the  history  of  the  College.  There  were  1138 
students  enrolled.  The  term  for  1914  will  open 
June  22. 

Spring  Term. 

A Special  Term  for  Teachers  will  open  May 
4,  1914.  Many  teachers  enroll  at  that  time  and 
so  get  the  benefit  of  a part  of  the  Spring  Term 
and  all  of  the  Summer  Term. 


vessels  on  these  Lakes.  Many  towns  had 
grown  up  along  the  Canadian  shores  and  to 
take  the  control  of  the  Great  Lakes  from  the 
English  was  one  of  the  tasks  of  the  Americans. 

They  were  not  a bit  successful.  General 
William  Hull  started  out  as  if  he  was  going  to 
do  the  job  all  at  once.  He  marched  into  Cana- 
da, fought  a few  skirmishes  and  marched  back 
again. 

At  Detroit,  a force  of  English  and  their 
friends,  the  Indians,  appeared  one  day  before 
the  fort,  and  it  so  scared  the  General  that  he 
raised  a white  table-cloth  above  the  fort,  and 
without  firing  a single  shot,  surrendered  the 
place  to  the  English.  This  was  not  only  morti- 
fying to  the  Americans,  but  a great  loss  to 
their  cause.  It  would  take  more  fighting  than 
ever  for  them  to  regain  the  lost  ground. 

Besides,  it  cheered  the  English  &nd  made 
the  Indians  very  bold..  The  lattter  carrying 
English  guns,  shooting  English  lead  and  pow- 
der, fell  upon  the  pioneer  Americans  and  burn- 
ed and  robbed  and  murdered.  They  even  took 
the  scalps  of  American  women  and  children 
and  carried  them  to  the  English,  who  paid  a 
price  for  each  one  they  might  bring.  The 
whole  lake  country  was  at  the  mercy  of  the 
English  and  their  savage  allies. 

Generel  William  Henry  Harrison  tried  to  re- 
gain Detroit.  When  within  a few  miles  of  the 
place,  on  the  River  Raisin,  he  was  met  and  ut- 
terly routed.  Many  of  his  soldiers  were  taken 
prisoners.  Every  one  captured  was  brutally 
murdered  by  the  Indians.  It  was  a terrible 


Kindergarten. 

During  the  Summer  School  of  1914,  the 
Kindergarten  Department  will  be  in  full  fun- 
ning order  and  every  opportunity  for  training 
in  this  field  will  be  offered. 

Manual  Training. 

A course  in  Manual  Training  was  establish- 
ed at  the  Ohio  University  in  the  fall  of  1911, 
in  compliance  with  the  earnest  demand  for 
teachers  of  this  subject  from  all  parts  of  the 
state.  The  work  offered  is  of  such  a nature 
that  it  is  not  only  for  those  who  expect  to  teach 
this  work,  but  it  is  of  inestimable  value  to  any 
teacher  or  student.  The  Department  is  now 
in  successful  operation  under  trained  and  effi- 
cient teachers.  If  you  are  interested,  send  for 
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The  courses  for  Supervisors  of  Drawing, 
Supervisors  of  Music,  and  Kindergartners,  are 
alto  two-year  College  courses. 

The  course  for  Rural  Teachers  is  now  one 
of  the  best  organized  courses  in  the  Normal 
College  and  a special  Rural  Training  School  is 
provided,  covering  all  grades,  within  a half 
mile  of  the  University  buildings. 

Domestic  Science. 

This  is  a new  department  opened  in  the  Fall 
of  1911.  A capable  instructor  has  been  secured 
and  no  expense  is  spared  in  making  this  one 
of  the  attractive  features  of  the  University. 
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College  of  Liberal  Arts. 

Courses  are  here  offered,  leading  to  the  de- 
grees of  Bachelor  of  Arts  or  Bachelor  of 
Science.  A liberal  option  in  the  way  of  elec- 
tives is  permitted. 

Two-year  courses  in  practical  Electrical  and 
Civil  Engineering  are  offered  and  are  de- 
servedly popular. 

The  Department  of  Painting  ranks  with  the 
best  in  the  country.  The  Ohio  University  is 
able  to  give  you  a thorough  liberal  education. 


massacre.  For  years  afterward  the  River 
Raisin  was  mentioned  with  horror. 

With  a fleet  on  Lake  Erie,  the  British  had 
the  advantage.  This  fleet  could  carry  men  and 
supplies  and  drop  them  off  anywhere.  The 
American  soldier  had  to  march  and  drag  his 
material  through  miles  and  miles  of  roadless 
forest.  We  could  hope  for  nothing  so  long  as 
the  British  flag  floated  on  Lake  Erie. 

To  get  rid  of  them  was  the  sensible  thing  to 
do.  But  it  was  a stupendous  undertaking.  It 
required  a fleet  large  enough  for  the  task  and 
a man  capable  to  command  it. 

The  Americans  did  not  have  the  first,  but 
they  had  the  second — the  MAN. 

To  him  was  given ‘the  work  of  building  the 
fleet  and  driving  the  English  from  the  Lakes. 

Commodore  Oliver  H.  Perry  was  certainly 
the  man  for  the  place.  He  was  only  twenty- 
eight  years  of  age,  but  he  had  seen  much  ex- 
perience as  a sailor.  His  father  had  served 
in  the  Navy  during  the  Revolution  and  after- 
ward was  Captain  of  a merchant  vessel. 

In  1798  it  looked  for  a time  as  if  our  country 
might  have  war  with  France.  Ships  were  fitted 
out  and  preparations  were  being  made. 

Oliver  had  always  lived  in  sight  of  the  sea, 
since  his  home  was  at  Newport,  Rhode  Island. 
He  had  seen  the  white  winged  vessels  from  all 
over  the  world  come  and  depart  from  the 
wharf.  Besides,  his  father,  being  a seaman, 
he  had  heard  of  the  life  of  a sailor  and  he  long- 
ed to  be  a captain,  too. 

More  than  all  this  his  mother,  a very  fine 
woman,  had  taught  him  how  a man  must  al- 


Elementary  Agriculture. 

Now,  that  the  elements  of  agriculture  are 
to  be  taught  in  the  schools,  the  teachers  are 
looking  for  the  best  places  to  prepare.  The 
training  of  teachers  in  this  important  subject 
was  in  successful  operation  at  Ohio  Univer- 
sity three  years  before  the  law  requiring  it 
passed.  The  school-gardens  have  been  one  of 
the  features  of  the  Normal  School.  Now  that 
the  teaching  is  mandatory  the  Ohio  University 
has  provided  more  teachers  and  better  equip- 
ment that  every  advantage  may  be  offered. 
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Normal  School  Extension. 

Ohio  University  was  the  pioneer  in  Normal 
School  Extension  Work.  Last  year  quite  a 
number  of  “Extension  Centers”  were  organiz- 
ed and  it  is  the  purpose  to  extend  this  field 
of  service  the  coming  year.  Normal  College 
credit  is  given  for  work  done  in  this  way.  Any 
locality  can  have  an  “Extension  Center”  if  a 
sufficient  number  of  students  can  be  obtained. 

Address,  C.  L.  MARTZOLFF, 

Supervisor  of  Extension  Department. 

Note — Teachers  desiring  a number  of  these 
booklets  for  supplementary  reading  in  classes, 
can  receive  any  quantity  by  simply  making  the 
request. 

Any  High  School  in  Ohio  can  secure  a hand- 
some steel  portrait  of  Hon.  Thomas  Ewing, 
suitable  for  framing,  for  the  asking. 

A limited  number  of  booklets,  containing  the 
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able for  free  distribution.  The  story  is  suit- 
able for  supplementary  reading  in  the  middle 
grades. 


ways  be  ready  to  serve  his  country.  She  also 
told  him  stories  of  great  sea  fights,  until  his 
heart  was  fired. 

It  is  no  wonder  he  longed  for  the  sea,  es- 
pecially when  he  could  help  defend  his  country. 
So,  when  he  was  only  thirteen  he  wrote  to 
his  father,  who  was  then  commanding  a 
vessel,  asking  him  to  be  permitted  to  join  him, 
as  a midshipman.  The  consent  was  given  and 
the  young  sailor  got  his  first  appointment. 

He  went  with  the  vessel  to  the  West  Indies 
and  cruised  about  the  islands  for  about  two 
years.  Though  the  trouble  with  France  was 
happily  settled,  Midshipman  Perry  held  his 
position  in  the  American  Navy. 

About  this  time  some  of  the  small  countries 
in  the  north  of  Africa,  known  as  the  Barbary 
States,  began  to  prey  on  our  commerce.  They 
promised  to  quit  it  only  when  the  United 
States  would  pay  a large  sum  of  money.  Of 
course  our  nation  would  not  do  such  a thing. 
So  we  had  to  send  some  war  vessels  and  also 
teach  these  folks  a well-deserved  lesson. 

Oliver  Perry  was  sent  on  one  of  these 
vessels.  Soon  after  his  ship  arrived  in  the 
Mediterranean,  on  his  seventeenth  birthday,  his 
Captain  made  him  a lieutenant. 

He  cruised  about  with  his  boat  for  several 
years  and  then  returned  to  America.  He  mar- 
ried and  made  his  home  at  Newport. 

Here  we  find  him  in  February,  1813,  when 
the  orders  came  to  go  and  take  the  control  of 
Lake  Erie  from  the  English.  The  same  day 
he  started  on  his  mission. 

It  was  a long  and  tiresome  journey.  His  way 
lay  through  the  unbroken  forest.  He  would 
partly  go  by  land  and  partly  by  water.  He  took 
fifty  men  with  him.  The  next  day  fifty  more 
followed.  He  was  accompanied  by  his 
younger  brother,  Alexander,  aged  twelve. 

Sometimes  they  traveled  in  sleighs  over 
rough  roads  and  uncertain  trails.  When  the 


ice  in  the  river  was  broken,  they  crossed  in 
canoes  . Again,  they  would  be  required  to  go 
afoot,  so  thick  was  the  underbrush.  They 
would  go  for  miles  without  seeing  a human 
being,  unless  it  was  a skulking  Indian.  Wild 
beasts  there  were  in  abundance. 

Finally  they  reached  Lake  Ontario.  Here 
they  embarked  in  boats.  On  March  10th,  they 
reached  Erie,  Pennsylvania.  At  this  place 
some  carpenters  had  begun  work  on  five  boats. 
More  carpenters  were  expected,  but  it  was 
some  days  before  they  arrived. 

It  was  certainly  a big  task  that  lay  before  the 
young  Captain.  But  he  was  equal  to  it. 

His  mechanics,  his  sailors,  his  guns,  his  am- 
munition, and  his  sail  cloth — everything  need- 
ed must  be  brought  through  the  woods,  mostly 
from  Philadelphia,  several  hundred  miles  away. 
The  timbers  to  build  his  vessels  were  still 
trees,  growing  along  the  lake;  the  iron  to 
hold  the  timbers  together  was  still  scattered 
in  ware-houses  or  farmers’  barns.  The  can- 
non and  other  material  was  dragged  through 
the  mud  by  oxen. 

By  the  10th  of  July,  his  fleet  was  ready  for 
the  sea — nine  vessels  in  all.  But  two  problems 
he  had  yet  to  solve. 

The  first  was  to  get  his  boats  across  the 
sand  bar  which  lay  across  the  front  of  the 
harbor.  All  summer  the  workmen  could  see 
out  in  the  lake  the  white-winged  ships  of  the 
English.  They  were  lying  in  wait  to  pounce 
on  Perry’s  vessels  when  they  should  come  out 
of  the  harbor. 

But  Captain  Perry  was  not  to  be  caught 
napping.  One  Sunday  the  English  Commodore 
sailed  across  the  Lake  to  take  Sunday  dinner 
with  some  of  his  friends.  While  he  was  gone 
Perry  managed  to  get  his  boats  across  the 
bar.  Before  leaving  he  held  religious  services 
on  board  one  of  the  vessels.  As  the  Stars  and 
Stripes  went  up  on  the  masthead,  there  went 
along  with  it  another  flag,  with  a cross  upon  it. 


The  second  problem  Perry  had  to  solve  was 
to  properly  man  his  fleet.  He  had  been  sending 
for  men  all  summer.  But  few  came  to  him 
and  many  of  them  had  never  seen  a vessel. 
Most  were  backwoodsmen,  with  a sprinkling 
of  untrained  negroes.  Finally,  he  had  490  men, 
but  many  of  them  were  sick  and  unable  for 
duty. 

Then  began  a game  of  hide  and  seek.  The 
English  Commander  didn’t  seem  nearly  so 
anxious  for  a fight  as  he  did  in  the  early  sum- 
mer. Perry  hunted  for  him  but  could  not  get 
near  him. 

The  English  were  waiting  for  another  vessel 
to  be  finished  before  entering  the  fight. 

Early  in  September  the  two  fleets  lay  op- 
posite each  other;  the  American  at  Put-in-Bay 
Harbor  and  the  British  at  Malden,  on  the  other 
side  of  the  Lake.  Perry,  with  his  nine  vessels 
and  54  guns,  and  the  English  with  six  vessels 
and  63  guns. 

Perry  had  490  raw  men.  On  the  English 
fleet  were  502  men.  Many  of  them  had  seen 
service  in  European  wars.  Their  Commander 
was  the  brave  Commodore  Barclay,  who  had 
lost  one  arm  in  a sea  fight  for  his  country. 

On  the  early  morning  of  September  10,  1813, 
from  the  masthead  of  the  Lawrence,  Perry’s 
flag-ship,  the  British  vessels  were  seen  coming 
across  the  Lake. 

At  once  the  American  vessels  weighed  an- 
chor and  started  to  meet  them.  As  they  were 
going  out  to  battle,  Perry  went  to  a chest  and 
took  out  a large  blue  flag.  On  it,  in  white  let- 
ters, were  the  dying  words  of  the  brave  Captain 
Lawrence,  after  whom  Perry’s  ship  was  named, 
“Don’t  Give  up  the  Ship.”  The  sight  of  this 
beautiful  flag  heartened  the  men  and  as  the 
flag  was  hoisted  to  the  side  of  the  Stars  and 
Stripes,  cheer  upon  cheer  was  given  by  the 
brave  men,  from  the  decks  of  all  the  vessels. 

It  was  a beautiful  morning.  Not  a cloud 


could  be  seen.  The  lake  was  smooth  as  glass. 
The  English  vessels  were  newly  painted  white, 
the  flags  fluttered  all  about  them.  The  sails 
shown  with  dazzling  whiteness  in  the  sunlight. 
It  looked  as  if  six  huge  white  birds  were  flying 
across  the  water. 

Still  the  fleets  bore  toward  each  other.  It 
was  half-past  ten.  From  the  deck  of  Commo- 
dore Barclay’s  flagship  a bugle  was  heard. 
Then  from  every  English  ship  could  be  heard 
coming  across  the  water  the  cheers  of  the 
sailors.  Then  the  band  began  to  play  the 
national  song. 

How  different  it  was  on  board  the  American 
fleet.  The  boats  were  unpainted.  The  men 
wore  no  uniforms.  No  band  was  there  to  cheer 
with  martial  music.  But  there  was  a brave, 
determined  commander,  with  men  as  brave 
and  determined  as  he. 

On  the  Lawrence  all  was  still.  Every  man 
was  at  his  post.  Perry  went  among  them  and 
in  low  tones  gave  commands  and  cheered 
them.  He  made  his  men  feel  how  great  was 
their  responsibility  to  their  country. 

The  fleets  were  now  a mile  apart.  The 
English  guns  could  carry  farther  than  the 
American.  Suddenly  from  the  English  flagship 
a cannon  ball  went  skimming  over  the  water. 

Perry  saw  that  he  would  have  to  get  close 
in  at  once,  or  he  would  be  shot  to  pieces  be- 
fore he  had  a chance  to  fight. 

The  Lawrence  quickly  pushed  into  the 
English  fleet  Before  the  other  American 
vessels  could  get  to  her  side,  she  was  surround- 
ed by  all  six  of  the  English  ships.  They  pro- 
ceeded to  pound  the  life  out  of  her. 

It  was  a terrible  fight,  lasting  half  an  hour. 
The  Lawrence  was  literally  shot  to  pieces.  Her 
rigging  was  cut,  her  spars  were  shattered,  her 
sails  torn  to  shreds. 

Gun  after  gun  had  been  disabled.  Man  after 
man  fell  dead  or  wounded,  until  the  number 


reached  eighty-three.  The  deck  grew  slippery 
with  blood.  Sand  was  sprinkled  about  so  the 
men  could  stand.  Cannon  ball  crushed  into 
her  sides.  Wounded  men  crawled  about  to 
lend  a feeble  hand  in  firing  the  guns. 

Only  one  gun  remained,  and  Perry  himself 
fired  it.  The  good  ship  was  almost  lying  on 
her  side.  It  looked  like  surrender  to  everyone 
except  the  brave  Commander.  Down  came  the 
blue  flag,  but  no  white  flag  took  its  place. 

Perry  took  his  little  brother  and  four  sea- 
men and  dropped  into  an  open  boat.  The 
smoke  of  the  battle  was  so  dense  that  the 
British  did  not  see  them.  The  row  boat  was 
making  its  way  toward  the  Niagara,  it  and  the 
other  ships  being  still  unharmed.  As  they 
neared  the  vessel,  the  English  discovered  what 
was  being  done. 

Bullets  began  to  rain  about  them.  Then  a 
shot  went  straight  through  the  boat’s  side. 
Taking  off  his  coat  and  rolling  it  up,  Perry 
thrust  it  into  the  hole  which  the  ball  had  made. 
This  kept  the  boat  from  sinking. 

Reaching  the  side  of  the  Niagara,  they  were 
quickly  drawn  aboard.  Perry  was  met  by 
cheers  from  the  rest  of  the  sailors.  Again  the 
blue  flag,  with  the  wonderful  words,  was  hoist- 
ed into  the  air. 

The  five  American  vessels  had  the  advantage, 
for  no  damage  had  been  done  them.  Some  of 
the  English  vessels  had  suffered  from  the  fire 
of  the  Lawrence. 

Perry  quickly  brought  his  boat  into  action. 
The  others  followed.  Then  began  a very  hail- 
storm of  lead  on  the  British  vessels.  The  can- 
nons belched  forth  their  shot;  the  decks  of  the 
English  fleet  were  raked.  They  were  getting 
now  what  they  had  given  the  Lawrence  a short 
while  before. 

It  took  just  fifteen  minutes  of  this  kind  of 
fighting  to  decide  the  battle.  To  the  joy  of 
the  American  sailors,  a white  flag  floated  out 


amid  the  smoke,  and  they  knew  it  was  an 
American  victory. 

Perry  was  taken  to  the  Lawrence,  for  he 
wished  to  receive  the  surrender  there.  As  he 
made  his  way  upon  the  deck,  wounded  men 
raised  themselves  and  saluted  their  Captain. 

The  British  Commander,  who  had  been 
wounded,  sent  his  sword  to  the  victorious 
Perry,  but  the  latter  sent  it  back,  saying  he 
could  not  accept  the  sword  which  had  been 
so  ably  defended. 

He  then  took  from  his  pocket  a paper.  On  it 
he  wrote  his  famous  message  to  General 
Harrison: 

“We  have  met  the  enemy  and  they  are  ours. 
Two  ships,  two  brigs,  one  schooner,  and  one 
sloop. 

Yours,  with  very  great  respect  and  esteem, 

O.  H.  PERRY.” 

Then  he  visited  the  defeated  Commander 
and  offered  assistance  to  make  him  comfort- 
able. 

On  the  morning  after  the  battle  occurred  a 
sad  but  a very  beautiful  ceremony.  It  was  the 
burial  of  ‘the  officers  who  had  fallen  on  both 
sides,  in  the  battle. 

The  common  sailors  had  been  buried  in  the 
waters  of  the  lake  soon  after  the  battle.  The 
officers  were  to  be  buried  on  Put-in-Bay  Island, 
where  they  yet  rest,  British  and  American,  side 
by  side. 

During  the  burial  ceremony  the  flags  of  both 
fleets  hung  at  half-mast.  From  the  American 
side  a boat,  draped  in  black,  pushed  toward 
the  shore.  It  contained  the  bodies  of  the 
American  officers.  At  the  same  time  a similar 
boat,  with  the  English  dead,  fell  in  behind. 
Then  followed  an  American  boat  with  Ameri- 
can officers,  and  then  an  English  boat.  The 
boatmen  rowed  with  muffled  oars,  beating 


stroke  with  shots  fired  a minute  apart,  first 
from  one  fleet  and  then  another. 

When  they  reached  the  low  shore,  they  dis- 
embarked and  the  march  to  the  grave  began. 
First  an  American  officer,  then  a British,  and 
so  on. 

Behind  the  last  dead,  two  Americans  march- 
ed together,  then  two  English.  At  the  end 
came  Commander  Perry,  and  leaning  on  his 
arm  was  the  one-armed  Commodore  Barclay. 
And  all  the  time  the  band  was  playing  the  dead 
march. 

When  they  stood  about  the  grave,  into  which 
all  the  dead  officers  were  placed,  each  wrap- 
ped in  the  flag  of  his  country,  the  Episcopal 
minister  read  the  burial  service. 

It  was  a beautiful  sight.  These  enemies  of 
yesterday,  friends  today.  But  it  meant  more. 
It  meant  that  henceforth  the  two  great  English 
speaking  nations  should  be  united. 

From  that  day  neither  nation  has  had  an 
armed  vessel  on  the  Great  Lakes. 

This  year,  1913,  is  the  Centennial  year  of  this 
Great  Battle.  The  old  ship  Niagara  has  lain 
beneath  the  waters  of  Erie  Harbor  for  years. 
But  it  has  been  raised  and  rebuilt.  From  one 
end  of  the  lake  to  the  other,  it  is  being  taken, 
and  wherever  it  goes,  the  people  are  receiving 
it  with  great  honor. 

On  Put-in-Bay  Island  a fine  Memorial  to 
Commodore  Perry  and  the  men  who  fought 
with  him  an  hundred  years  ago  is  being  erect- 
ed. 

It  is  well  worth  our  while  to  remember  the 
men  who  helped  make  our  nation  what  it  is 
today.  We  are  better  citizens  if  we  do  not  for- 
get these  things. 


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